Why are there more than 200 million European starlings in North America? And what can genetic diversity tell us about this avian invasion? Adult common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in fresh plumage.

One of North America’s most successful and controversial biological invasions began with a small experiment in New York City’s Central Park. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and amateur enthusiasts alike have long been fascinated by the abilities of some groups of animals to move in lockstep with one another, most specifically with schools of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. European starlings are one of my favorite "winter's coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high ...

You can find birds living just about anywhere if you stop to look around for a bit, but in most cases the actual breakdown of species is going to look different in an urban area than it is in a nature ...

Love them or hate them, there's no doubt the European Starling is a wildly successful bird. A new study from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology examines this non-native species from the inside out. What ...

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Furthermore, the USDA records show that by 1918 starlings had spread from Ohio to Alabama; by 1926 they occupied territory stretching from Illinois to Texas, and by 1941 the species had reached Idaho ...